Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
There may be more confusion over the identity of this orchestra than any other major ensemble in the West, not least because it has had three names over the years. Founded in 1946 in the American sector of Berlin, the orchestra was formed while Berlin (and most of Germany) was emerging from the destruction of the war. The ensemble was given the name of RIAS Symphony Orchestra, the initials standing for "Radio in the American Sector." In 1956, the ensemble adopted the name of Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, by which many concertgoers and record collectors still know it.
In 1993, the orchestra was renamed Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. In part, the change was necessary to avoid confusion with another Berlin ensemble, the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Berlin, often listed on recordings and in catalogs in German as Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. And here is where the confusion worsens: this latter group is often now mistakenly listed on Internet sites, in reference works, and in catalogs as the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. Actually, such a translation of their German name would normally be quite acceptable.
In any event, the new Deutsches Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin was led by music director Vladimir Ashkenazy and had as its principal guest conductor Günter Wand. The former became music director in 1989 when he succeeded Riccardo Chailly. The orchestra plays subscription series at both the Philharmonie in Berlin and the Konzerthaus, located in the former East Berlin. Eliahu Inbal, Gerd Albrecht, Lothar Zagrosek, and other distinguished conductors have frequently led the orchestra. Zagrosek made several important recordings with the Deutsches Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin for Decca. The group has also recorded for Denon, Orfeo, Capriccio, and CPO. Following the tenure of Ingo Metzmacher from 2007 to 2010, Tugan Sokhiev was named as the principal conductor and artistic director, with a contract beginning in 2012. Robin Ticciati followed Sokhiev, assuming the principal conductor post in 2017. The Deutsches Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin is the most significant orchestra in Berlin after the Berlin Philharmonic.
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 1
Riccardo Chailly, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1988
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (Mono Version)
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Rita Streich
Classical - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Nov 1955
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Ferenc Fricsay Portrait (Brahms)
Maureen Forrester, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay, Rias Kammerchor
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1994
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Dvořák: Largo de la Symphonie No. 9 "Du Nouveau Monde" - Tchaikovsky: Andante cantabile de la Symphonie No. 5 (Mono Version)
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Ferenc Fricsay
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1957
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, KV. 622, Concerto for Flute and Harp, KV 299 - Carl Maria Von Weber : Clarinet Concerto No.1, Op. 73
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay, Heinrich Geuser
Classical - Released by OperaPrima-Carillon on 1 Jan 2008
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Shostakovich: Suite on Poems of Michelangelo, etc.
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Vladimir Ashkenazy
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1992
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Simply the Best Waltzes and Viennese Ballroom Favourites, Vol. 3
Ferenc Fricsay, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Classical - Released by Documents 2 on 13 Jan 2017
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Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in a Major Kv. 622
Heinrich Geuser, Ferenc Fricsay, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Classical - Released by Classically on 28 Jul 2023
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Rachmaninoff: Rhapsodie über ein Thema von Paganini, Op. 43 - A. Tcherepnin: 10 Bagatellen, Op. 5 - Weber: Konzertstück, Op. 79 (Stereo Version)
Margrit Weber, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay
Classical - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Dec 1961
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Les plus belles pages symphoniques (Mono Version)
Ferenc Fricsay, Berliner Philharmoniker, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1961
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Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1, G Minor, Op.26
Erica Morini, Ferenc Fricsay, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Classical - Released by Classically on 28 Jul 2023
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Tchaikovsky: Musiques de ballets (Mono Version)
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1958
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Boieldieu & Rodrigo: Concertos pour harpe (Mono Version)
Nicanor Zabaleta, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ernst Märzendorfer
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1960
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Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / István Kertész spielen: Modest Petrowitsch Mussorgsky: Bilder einer Ausstellung - in der Bearbeitung für Orchester von Maurice Ravel
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Opera - Released by Classico Ivano on 26 Dec 2014
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Rosenthal, Offenbach: Gaîté parisienne, Auszüge - Désormière, J. Strauss II: Die schöne blaue Donau (Stereo Version)
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Paul Strauss
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1959
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Schoeck: Lebendig begraben, Op. 40 (Mono Version)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Fritz Rieger, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1963
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Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Opern-Ausschnitte (Stereo Version)
Pilar Lorengar, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Leopold Ludwig
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1962
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Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex, K047 / Symphony of Psalms, K052
Ernst Deutsch, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay, NDR-Chor
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 2015
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Schoenberg In Hollywood
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1997
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15 Great Singers - Kim Borg sings Russian Opera Arias
Kim Borg, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Horst Stein
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1993
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Vienne, plaisir de la valse (Mono Version)
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Otto Matzerath
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1961
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